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James Dyson

1947 - Today

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Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2025, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.3 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Dyson is the 208th most popular inventor (down from 179th in 2019), the 2,139th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,547th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Dyson ranks 208 out of 426Before him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, Reginald Fessenden, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, and Royal Rife. After him are Édouard Branly, Charles Xavier Thomas, Helmut Gröttrup, Lou Ottens, Yuan Longping, and Ernst Alexanderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, James Dyson ranks 249Before him are David Helfgott, Novruz Mammadov, Laurie Anderson, Daishiro Yoshimura, William Atherton, and Ján Pivarník. After him are Sogyal Rinpoche, Michel Sardou, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Emmylou Harris, Andréa Ferréol, and Malcolm Ranjith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 2,139 out of 8,785Before him are George Whitefield (1714), Rebecca West (1892), Archibald Leitch (1865), Caratacus (15), Donald Maclean (1913), and Arthur Rostron (1869). After him are Bernard Williams (1929), Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Vanessa Bell (1879), and Jack Charlton (1935).

Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 30Before him are Oliver Lodge (1851), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Sandford Fleming (1827), Matthew Boulton (1728), and William Murdoch (1754). After him are David Edward Hughes (1831), Jethro Tull (1674), Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Robert Whitehead (1823), and Henry Maudslay (1771).